March 6, 2008Day 39

I gotta say it was a good day.

Two face-to-face interviews today, and one by phone.

I started out by amazing myself with my ability to use my Magellan navigator. The lady in that box doesn't always give me directions when I need them, but she always gets me there in the end.

The first interview went well. Met with two people at a staffing agency. We reviewed my resume and discussed my qualifications. They indicated that they had a contract job for me and scheduled an interview with the client tomorrow (tentatively).

The second interview also went well. Met with a lady at another staffing agency. We reviewed my resume and discussed my qualifications. In the end we decided that the contract she was trying to fill wasn't for me, but I actually came out of this feeling better than I did after the first one. While I got along fine with the people at the first interview, at the second I had a better rapport with my interviewer. The Editor will claim that I'm a flirt, but my response is that I'm simply doing a good job of marketing myself. If one of my strengths is that I work well with others, shouldn't I show that off?

Finally, after finishing up the interviews and driving home, I called in for my final interview of the day.

This one went better than the other two combined.

Again, my interviewer and I had an instant rapport but this time I was a fit for the position — I described myself as a wagon-puller and she said that was exactly what they were looking for — so we scheduled a second interview where I'd meet her staff. This job would require that the Editor and I move, but we're too busy being happy about me having prospects to care (well, she's actually already looking at houses in the area in case I get the job, but I'm happy enough for the both of us).